大魚

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
fish
trad. (大魚)
simp. (大鱼)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大魚

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ,‎ (). ("big fish")
  2. (figurative) a valuable person or thing that is being searched for
  3. (Cantonese) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese elements (tai, big, large) +‎ (gyo, fish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たい)(ぎょ) (taigyo

  1. a big fish
Idioms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
おお > お
Grade: 1
うお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

/opo uwo//opuwo//oɸuwo//owuwo//ouo/

Regular descendant of Old Japanese 大魚 (opuwo), compound of (opo) + (uwo)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(うお) (ouoおふを (ofwo)?

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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/opo uwo//opuwo/

Shift from a compound of (opo-, great, big) +‎ (uwo, fish).[1][2]

Noun

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大魚 (opuwo) (kana おふを)

  1. a big fish
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, Empress Jingū, entry 5: ninth year of the tenth lunar month in winter:
      時飛廉起風、陽侯擧浪、海中大魚悉浮扶船。
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    • 733, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki (Ou)
      詔而、童女离鉏所取而、大魚之支大衝別而、波多須々支穂振別而、三身之綱打挂而...
      mi1ko2to2no2ri-tamapi1te, woto2me1 no2 munasuki1 to2rasite, opuwo no2 ki1da tuki1wake2te, patasusuki1 po puriwake2te, mi1tumi2 no2 tuna utikake2te...
      So saying, he [Yatsukamizuomitsuno] took the wide spade shaped like a maiden's chest, thrust it into the land as though he had plunged it into the gill of a large fish, shook it about as if brandishing pampas grass and broke off a piece. Then he tied a three-ply rope around the land...[3]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 大魚 (ouo)

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki (1997) Records of wind and earth: a translation of Fudoki, with introduction and commentaries (Issue 53 of Monograph and occasional paper series), Association for Asian Studies, →ISBN, page 81